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Brandon

Summary

• Java Full Stack Developer with 5+ years of proven experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable enterprise applications using Java/J2EE and modern JavaScript frameworks.

• Expertise in Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Hibernate, and RESTful APIs, with strong backend development and architectural skills.

• Proficient in front-end development using Angular 17, React Js, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript, Bootstrap, and Material UI.

• Hands-on experience in Microservices architecture, including development, deployment, and orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, and Spring Cloud.

• Experienced in working with relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and Cassandra.

• Skilled in CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Maven/Gradle, with expertise in version control using Git and Bitbucket.

• Proficient in cloud platforms such as AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS), Azure, and GCP, with exposure to serverless architecture and DevOps practices.

• Adept at working with tools like JIRA, Confluence, Postman, Swagger, Fiddler, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, and VS Code.

• Strong debugging and performance tuning skills with tools like Log4j, Splunk, New Relic, and AppDynamics.

• Deep understanding of RESTful and SOAP-based web services, including API versioning, security (OAuth2/JWT), and Swagger/Open API documentation.

• Integrated with modern technologies such as Apache NiFi, Kafka, NATS, and Zookeeper to build real time data pipelines, message-driven workflows, and distributed coordination layers.

• Experienced in writing and optimizing complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and database indexing for high-performance applications.

• Developed and deployed containerized applications using Docker Compose, Helm charts, and managed them on Kubernetes clusters (EKS, AKS, GKE).

• Hands-on with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using Terraform, Cloud Formation, or Ansible for cloud resource automation.

• Experience with logging and monitoring stacks: ELK Stack, Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS CloudWatch for observability and diagnostics.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Technology Lead

Citi Bank USA
Tampa
06.2025 - Current

• Led end-to-end development to high-throughput digital payments platform using Java17, Spring Boot, and Microservices, ensuring 24/7 availability and PCI-DSS compliance.

• Developed scalable, reusable front-end modules with React.js, Redux, and TypeScript, enhancing user onboarding flows and reducing page rendering time by 40%.

• Engineered secure and performant REST APIs using Spring Security, OAuth2, and JWT, supporting millions of authenticated user sessions per month.

• Integrated backend services with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis, optimizing queries and caching strategies for real-time transaction insights.

• Utilized Apache Kafka to build asynchronous, event-driven communication across services, improving processing time for customer reward updates by 50%.

• Containerized services using Docker, orchestrated deployment pipelines with Kubernetes on AWS (EKS), and automated cloud provisioning with Terraform and CloudFormation.

• Built CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and GitLab CI, incorporating automated tests, static analysis with SonarQube, and secure artifact promotion.

• Enforced rigorous testing standards using JUnit 5, Mockito, and Test Containers for backend; Cypress and Selenium for frontend regression suites.

• Integrated fraud detection APIs, AML systems, and internal risk engines to support compliance and enhance transaction security.

• Set up centralized monitoring and logging with ELK Stack, Prometheus, and Grafana, reducing mean time to detect (MTTD) production issues by 60%.

• Collaborated closely with product managers, architects, QA, and security teams in an Agile/Scrum environment using JIRA, ensuring biweekly delivery of sprint increments.

Java Full Stack Developer

Lowe's Companies Inc
Mooresville
12.2023 - 06.2025
  • Built enterprise-grade microservices using Java 8/11, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, and Hibernate.
  • Designed and implemented RESTful APIs and integrated with multiple internal and external systems.
  • Developed front-end modules using Angular/React, including reusable components, state management, interceptors, and routing guards.
  • Built messaging-driven features using Kafka, RabbitMQ, or event-streaming frameworks.
  • Worked on cloud deployments using AWS EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS, CloudWatch.
  • Ensured application quality by writing JUnit/Mockito tests, integration tests, and participating in code reviews.
  • Implemented Angular 7 component router for navigation and the services to connect the web application to back-end APIs.
  • Migrated individual components and services of this application from AngularJS to Angular 7, one module at a time. Used Tiles framework with struts to reduce the redundancy between JSP pages.
  • Participated in a Scrum team and Agile Practices including TDD, BDD, and pair programming.
  • Developed SOAP services and clients using Apache AXIS2, JAX-WS, WSDL, XML, XSD, JAXB framework.
  • Worked closely with the configuration in the Tomcat application server and Apache Web server.
  • Build Rest web service by building NodeJS Server in the back end to handle requests sent from the front-end jQuery Ajax calls.
  • Used RESTful services to implement Web Services and Consumed and published JSON Web Services in the application. Developed Data layer using DAO patterns, ORM and Hibernate.
  • Build Restful API web services using NodeJS used a full complement of Express, AngularJS, NodeJS, and DynamoDB to store and present assessments.

Java Developer Intern

Midbrains Technologies Ind
Midbrains Technologies Ind
12.2018 - 09.2019

• Assisted in the design, development, and testing of Java-based applications under the supervision of senior developers.

• Wrote, debugged, and maintained clean, efficient, and well-documented Java code following object-oriented programming principles.

• Collaborated with the development team using tools like Git/GitHub for version control and task tracking.

• Participated in daily stand-ups, code reviews, and sprint meetings to understand Agile development workflows.

• Implemented small features and bug fixes in existing Java applications to improve functionality and user experience.

• Used frameworks such as Spring Boot and Hibernate for backend development and database integration.

• Assisted in writing and executing unit tests using JUnit to ensure software quality and reliability.

Education

Certified Oracle Java Developer
07-2025

AWS Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services,
04-2024

Master Of Science (MS) - Information Studies

Trine University
Angola, IN
05-2023

Skills

  • Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Batch, Spring Integration, etc, Hibernate
  • Gradle, Maven, Webpack
  • Jenkins, Bamboo
  • Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server
  • IBM MQ, Solace, Kafka, Zookeeper
  • SVN, GIT
  • Velocity, free marker
  • WebSphere, JBoss, GlassFish
  • Tomcat
  • Hibernate
  • JIRA, Rational ClearQuest, Rally
  • Agile (XP, Scrum, SAFE), Rational Unified Process (RUP), Waterfall, Kanban
  • Splunk, HashiCorp Vault, Elastic Search, Nodejs, SonarQube, NexiQ Server, CA APM, App
  • Dynamics, Pivotal Cloud Foundry,Selenium, Serenity, Akana, Artifactory, Nexus, AWSEC2, S3bucket, Elastic search, Elastic Beanstalk, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Timeline

Technology Lead

Citi Bank USA
06.2025 - Current

Java Full Stack Developer

Lowe's Companies Inc
12.2023 - 06.2025

Java Developer Intern

Midbrains Technologies Ind
12.2018 - 09.2019

Certified Oracle Java Developer

AWS Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services,

Master Of Science (MS) - Information Studies

Trine University
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